Researchers from more than 30 countries have been discussing the changes in reading through digitization in the European research network E-READ. Adriaan van der Weel, Senior University Lecturer, spoke about the network’s achievements in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

E-READ stands for ‘Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitisation’. It’s a multidisciplinary research network funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Adriaan van der Weel is the Vice Chair of the Action.

‘The opportunity to work with scientists from such diverse disciplines shows how rich, complex and diverse the phenomenon of reading is’, says van der Weel. ‘This is extremely valuable if we want to understand, evaluate and address the many changes that are triggered by the screen revolution.’